Clinical characterization of a competitive PCR assay for quantitative testing of hepatitis C virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1975-1979

  Miskovsky, Emil P ^a   Carrella, Anthony V ^a   Gutekunst, Karen ^b   Sun, Chien An ^c   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,d   Thomas, David L ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e 1155 Ross Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STORAGE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029996810     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.1975-1979.1996     Document Type: Article

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